The Daughters of Foxcote Manor

By: Eve Chase

Narrated by: Katherine Press

Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

The international best seller

“A captivating mystery: beautifully written, with a rich sense of place, a cast of memorable characters, and lots of deep, dark secrets.” (Kate Morton, New York Times best-selling author of The Clockmaker's Daughter)

“Extraordinary.... Absolutely her best yet.” (Lisa Jewell, New York Times best-selling author of The Family Upstairs)

Three generations. Three daughters. One house of secrets.

The truth can shatter everything....

When the Harrington family discovers an abandoned baby deep in the woods, they decide to keep her a secret and raise her as their own.

But within days a body is found in the grounds of their house and their perfect new family implodes.

Years later, Sylvie, seeking answers to nagging questions about her life, is drawn into the wild beautiful woods where nothing is quite what it seems.

Will she unearth the truth?

And dare she reveal it?

(Published in the UK as The Glass House)

“The Daughters of Foxcote Manor is not really about a murder, or a creepy house, but about families—the ones we're born into, the ones we make and especially the ones we flee.” (The New York Times)

One of the New York Times "Novels of Suspense and Isolation"

One of The Washington Post's Best New Audiobooks

One of Bustle's Most Anticipated Books of Summer

One of PopSugar's Best Books of July

One of New York Post's Best Books of the Week

©2020 Eve Chase (P)2020 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"Chase parcels out her clues slowly, without a hint of showiness. In the end, The Daughters of Foxcote Manor is not really about a murder, or a creepy house, but about families—the ones we’re born into, the ones we make and especially the ones we flee.”—The New York Times

“Like Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs and Ruth Ware‘s The Death of Mrs. Westaway, Chase takes a haunted house and exposes its ghosts, all those things that were hoped to stay hidden in the walls...A compelling story about how the secrets we hide from one another in order to protect actually can cause more harm than good, but thankfully, fate always has a way of interceding."—Paperback Paris

"A captivating mystery: beautifully written, with a rich sense of place, a cast of memorable characters, and lots of deep, dark secrets.”—Kate Morton, author of The Clockmaker’s Daughter

Great story

A beautiful and skillfully woven story, full of both lovely and despicable characters. Very enjoyable listen

wonderful

this is a wonderful story filled with twists, turns, intrigue and heart!!! I highly recommend it!!!

The Daughters of Foxcote Manor

Another solid 4 ⭐. I had slightly hard time getting into this audio recording in the beginning, but I am glad that I stuck with it. It was very enjoyable 😉. So many different threads that the author brought together. A family spending the summer in their home in the forest and all the strange things that happen to them... and their nanny. I recommend.

Her Best to date

I'm not sure how others rated this below 4. I am a huge Kate Morton fan and I thought this book by Eve Chase was excellent. The family mystery, skeletons in the closet, a little romance, a little adultery, oh and yes a murderer, a foundling, the mental breakdown, lies, hate, love ... Life! So many twists and turns but don't get too character because beside every chapter ending with a cliff hanger, multiple storylines continue to unfold until the very end.

Interesting story with twists and turns

In the beginning, it was a little hard to follow with all the different characters involved.

But as time went on , I began to understand each of the characters and started to really enjoy this book. It dealt with many contemporary issues and how they were resolved.

I look forward to listening to more books by this author.

Intriguing story

This was an intriguing story full of surprises. I throughly enjoyed this book. This was my first from this author and will not be my last. Narrator was the perfect choice to bring the characters to life.

I found it really hard to follow - great narration but I think it could have benefitted from two narrators

I have listened to all of Eve Chase’s books and love them, but I just found this so confusing. I was confused by the characters and I know the narrator announced “Now” for the present day, I think “1971” would have been good for that story line. Some parts made sense at some points of the book (a little bit like Chapter 38 - where a cupboard door is opened and everything comes tumbling out) and it fell into place at the end, but, honestly, most of it I just found myself drifting off and listening to the narrator. I don’t know whether to listen to it again.

I’m disappointed mainly because the previous books were fantastic and the author was faultless. Maybe I will listen again, but I recommend people read the plot before listening so they can process the story a bit better. I am sorry for the negative review.

Beautiful

This woman writes with perfect circularity. It is not only beautiful, but it is also satisfying to know that there are happy endings out there even if you feel like you don’t deserve them.

Great read

Really enjoyed the story very well written
Loved the way the author brought it all together at the end

Loved it!

The best book that I’ve listened to in a long time. A beautiful tale of family secrets and the bonds that last a lifetime. I was so excited as the story came together and literally had chills during the last few lines.